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post 1588943411 10-01-2019, 04:33 PM
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I've been a voracious reader for pretty much my whole life. I don't have any idea how many books I've read, but it's a lot.

Some of my must read books are as follows:

Maps of Meaningby Jordan Peterson
The Martian Chroniclesby Ray Bradbury
531by Jim Wendler (srs)
Ordinary Menby Christopher Browning
The Standby Stephen King
Notes From Undergroundby Fyodor Dostoevsky
Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Nietzsche
Complete Poemsby Emily Dickinson
Book of Longingby Leonard Cohen
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post 1588944041 10-01-2019, 04:47 PM
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I've read hundreds of not thousands of books over the years. Must read books:

Anything from Dr. Thomas Sowell
1984
Art of War
Art of the Deal
The Bible
The complete Sherlock Holmes Collection
Hamlet
Lord of the Rings
Dracula


and if you just want a fun, light read:

Peter Pan
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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post 1588949201 10-01-2019, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted By RedRusty⏩
Geeky AF but honestly, the Harry Potter series. No clue how many books I have read other than this year.
I'll man up and agree with this.

Also The Last Lecture
post 1588949411 10-01-2019, 06:59 PM
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A River Runs Through It. The Count of Monte Cristo.
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post 1588962341 10-02-2019, 12:23 AM
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Fiction (admittedly I don't read much, but that is changing):

I am Legend By Richard Matheson
The Player Of Games By Iain M Banks
1922 By Stephen King
11-22-63 By Stephen King
1984 By George Orwell


Non-Fiction (I've lost count of the amount I've read):

The Geography Of Thought By Richard Nisbett
Intimacy Or Integrity By Thomas P Kasulis

Preventing Violence By James Gilligan
Bad Samaritans By Ha Joon Chang

Angry White Pyjamas By Robert Twigger
The Autobiography of Malcolm X By Alex Haley

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: Yuval Noah Harari
Being Good By Simon Blackburn

Cosmos By Carl Sagan
The Greatest Show On Earth By Richard Dawkins
Big Bang By Simon Singh

Self Compassion By Kristen Neff
The Growth Mindset By Carol Dweck

Sinners In The Hands Of a Loving God By Brian Zahnd
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J. Warner Wallace
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post 1588962621 10-02-2019, 12:36 AM
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The bible, and muscle magazines
post 1588962651 10-02-2019, 12:39 AM
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The 2 books that stand out for me were - The Beach and Dan Brown's Deception Point. Only books that completely immersed me.
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Seneca's Letters
Mindfulness in Plain English (+ other books in genre)
Lord of the Rings
Ender's Game
Cracking the Coding Interview
etc.
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Originally Posted By Stylaaa⏩
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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To contribute:

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post 1588963751 10-02-2019, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted By JamesA1990⏩
negged



To contribute:

Psycho Cybernetics
negged for recommending a book? grow up retard.
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post 1588964821 10-02-2019, 02:29 AM
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Ramana Maharshi - Who Am I?

Nisargadatta Maharaj - I Am That
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post 1588965231 10-02-2019, 02:56 AM
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The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Siddartha - Hermann Hesse
The Silmarillion - Tolkien
I Claudius - Robert Graves
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post 1588965401 10-02-2019, 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted By BetaAsPhuck⏩
Fiction (admittedly I don't read much, but that is changing):

I am Legend By Richard Matheson
The Player Of Games By Iain M Banks
1922 By Stephen King
11-22-63 By Stephen King
1984 By George Orwell


Non-Fiction (I've lost count of the amount I've read):

The Geography Of Thought By Richard Nisbett
Intimacy Or Integrity By Thomas P Kasulis

Preventing Violence By James Gilligan
Bad Samaritans By Ha Joon Chang

Angry White Pyjamas By Robert Twigger
The Autobiography of Malcolm X By Alex Haley

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: Yuval Noah Harari
Being Good By Simon Blackburn

Cosmos By Carl Sagan
The Greatest Show On Earth By Richard Dawkins
Big Bang By Simon Singh

Self Compassion By Kristen Neff
The Growth Mindset By Carol Dweck

Sinners In The Hands Of a Loving God By Brian Zahnd
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J. Warner Wallace
11-22-63 is my favorite by King, the story races at the end. Cosmos by Sagan is solid gold as well for a non-fiction book.
post 1588965761 10-02-2019, 03:31 AM
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Sam Harris - Free Will (Anything by Sam Harris really)

Just read The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
Book by Douglas Murray
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I've read the whole Joe Ledger series by Johnathon Mayberry a couple of times, you can get through them in a couple of days, and a few of the Rot and Ruin series. Ass kickery and Zombies.

The Jack Reacher series are pretty good too, i'm up to about No 9 but I've missed a couple. They do get a bit repetitive.

Harry potter is a good series to get into. Blow the films out of the water.
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post 1588967311 10-02-2019, 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted By slat11⏩
11-22-63 is my favorite by King, the story races at the end.
I was blown away by it.

As corny as it sounds, from the first chapter I felt like the lead was a real person, due to his vivid description of his character's temperament, reactions, and values. And his description of the US in 1950s and 1960s was almost tangible.
Cosmos by Sagan is solid gold as well for a non-fiction book.
The last chapter is one of the most moving things I've read, about the value of human life.
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Plato’s Complete Works

I think ancient texts like this are even more valuable because they holds truths and truisms that have stood the test of time.

More modern works id say:

Wheel of Time
anything by Phillip K Dick
1984
At the Mountain of Madness
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post 1588972121 10-02-2019, 07:17 AM
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About Face
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Gates of Fire (this is a novel though, about the battle of Thermopylae)
Shoe Dog
The Laws of Human Nature
Da Vinci biography by Isaacson
Laws of Human Nature
Dichotomy of Leadership
+ more niche military books I geek out over
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The Alchemist
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Total Recall
Think and Grow Rich
Psycho Cybernetics

edit: Finished the first 2 Harry Potter books recently, and I was surprised how fast I read them (I thought I wouldn't get into it that much since I watched the movies). The books are so good
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I don't get pleasure out of reading like most do, but I do like books that educate me/expand my interests. I'll never read another paperback for example.
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lol. just lol @ self help books.

The true power of books comes from allowing your mind to grow by exploring new avenues and paths with which to construct or deconstruct scenarios/worlds/ideas. Your vocab, diction and general cognitive ability are improved when you read fiction. Fantasy, sci-fi, literary fic etc...

Having some dude spoon feed you an idea through a self help book is laughable.
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Originally Posted By Tiffinbrah⏩
lol. just lol @ self help books.

The true power of books comes from allowing your mind to grow by exploring new avenues and paths with which to construct or deconstruct scenarios/worlds/ideas. Your vocab, diction and general cognitive ability are improved when you read fiction. Fantasy, sci-fi, literary fic etc...

Having some dude spoon feed you an idea through a self help book is laughable.
I've found self help books are generally one idea repeated over and over in as many ways as the author can think of in order to fill a book
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op of green gaybles

the gapes of op

the gay op gatsby

as i lay gaying (super good lot of SOC writing, southern gaythicc)

a farewell to sloots

the heart is a lonely hunter (for men)
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I am old misc and have read my entire life. These are the books I would say that my life would be lesser if I had not read:

Les Miserables
Count of Monte Cristo

1984
Brave New World

Dark Tower series
The Stand

Wheel of Time series
The Deathgate Cycle
(Stormlight Archive, when finished, goes here)

Lords of Discipline
Heart of Darkness

The Odyssey
Any compendium of Greek Mythology is fascinating
Any compendium of Egyptian Mythology is fascinating

I would like to read more on Norse Mythology.


Sleeper pick for fantasy fans: you have got to read the Vlad Taltos books by Brust. Completely different than anything else out there.
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The Dhammapada. Goat book imo, every single person can benefit from it.
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